“HIS LOVE!”

Romans 5:6-8                                  (ESV)

“6 For while we were still weak, at the right time CHRIST died for the ungodly.

7 For one will scarcely die for a righteous person-though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die-

8 but GOD shows “HIS LOVE” for us in that while we were still sinners, CHRIST died for us.”

“”Love” has been REDEFINED as a broad tolerance that overlooks sin and embraces good and evoke alike. That is not love, it’s APATHY!!!”  John MacAuthur

John MacArthur is an experienced minister of the Gospel of JESUS CHRIST who is known for being rather straight forward with his words, regardless of the ones those words may offend!  The quote above was shared recently on social media, and it caused me to evaluate how the church in general, but specifically me, has allowed peoples feelings to regulate the warnings that GOD has issued through HIS WORD!  

Job 1:12 plainly says “And the LORD said to Satan, "Behold, all that he (Job) has is in your hand. Only against him do not stretch out your hand." So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.”  Although GOD IS IN CONTROL, HE sometimes allows the enemy enough flexibility to cause us distress in order for HIM to receive GLORY!  Scripture says in Romans 1:28 (KJV) “....And even as they did not like to retain GOD in theirknowledge, GOD gave them over to a reprobate mind,....”!  HE may be trying to place us where we can draw Honor and Glory to HIS NAME?!?

The phrase has been used by yours truly many times, “If you saw a person driving down a road that you KNEW a bridge was out , would it be “love” for you to allow them to continue driving with NO WARNINGS!”  My response is a resounding NO!!! Unless ALMIGHTY GOD CHOOSES to give me the WORDS to say, HE has proven to me that I cannot even communicate!  My friends and loved ones are driving down the road of life, and I seem to be so caught up in “life” that I won’t even alert them they are headed down the road to destruction!  

Being exposed to “HIS LOVE” is something that I don’t have the words to adequately describe.  But my lack of WORD RECALL is something that GOD ALMIGHTY isn’t hamstrung with.  “HIS LOVE” can overcome a lot bigger deficits than my inability to choose the correct words from time to time.  “...but GOD shows “HIS LOVE” for us in that while we were still sinners, CHRIST died for us” says Romans 5:8.  If GOD can overcome the cross, HE can overcome any problem we have today!!!